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Approx. 5000, words.
THE W.P.A. AJ^TD I.
Era S. MaeLean Newport, W^sk«
It all began back there in 1933? or thereabout, when the word "relief", waa only mujabled with downcast eyes, a eousin of sorts
to the Red Cross or its earlier antecedent, "going on the eounty." Eastern Montana was in for hardships all right, with dry years succeeded by dryer ones, dust stoics, lowered priees and all. While most of us piled up mortgage upon mortgage, kept our worn-out shoe soles firmly on the floor, and saved the sugar for Sunday company, we watched with shocked amazement the ease with which publi® aid was being condoned by many hitherto proud neighbors.
Sitting in the car across from the store room one "commodity day", I watched the long line of citizens waiting to receive their allot¬ ments of surplus commodities. Many were people I had known all my life. Some were of a class which had been considered far more suc¬ cessful than my own. No doubt many of them needed the fruit and

The W.P.A. and I", short story and outline for future installments by Eva MacLean, undated.

Creator

MacLean, Eva Marie, 1896-1975.

Genre (Short List)

documents

Type

Text

Language

eng

Date (unknown or estimated)

ca. 1930s-ca.1970s

Subject (LCSH)

Dawson County (Mont.)--History.; Richland County (Mont.)--History.; Wibaux County (Mont.)--History.

Rights Management

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Contributors

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Montana.

Material gathered by MacLean for the Montana Writers Project, on the histories of Dawson, Richland, and Wibaux counties, Mont.; together with short stories; poems; and skits for children.; Eva Marie MacLean was born on 6 Oct. 1896 in Guthrie, Okla. She married Milford Enlow MacLean in 1913 or 1914, and the couple settled on a homestead in northeastern Prairie County, Mont. They proved up on the homestead in 1919. The couple had two sons, Robert and Clifford. For the next few years they moved frequently. In 1930 they were in Oklahoma, where Milford found work in the oil fields. From 1935 to 1939 Eva worked for the Montana Writers Project in Glendive, Mont., compiling histories of Dawson, Richland, and Wibaux counties. Eva and Milford relocated to Newport, Wash., in 1939 where he managed a game preserve. In 1941 they moved to Portland, Or., where she continued to be involved with creative writing projects, including "Grandma's Story Time" for television station KPTV. She also worked as a private remedial reading teacher. Eva M. MacLean died on 20 Apr. 1975 in Portland.

Creator

MacLean, Eva Marie, 1896-1975.

Type

Poems.; Short stories.; Children's plays, American.; Collection

Language

eng

Subject (LCSH)

Dawson County (Mont.)--History.; Richland County (Mont.)--History.; Wibaux County (Mont.)--History.

Contributors

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Montana.

Approx. 5000, words.
THE W.P.A. AJ^TD I.
Era S. MaeLean Newport, W^sk«
It all began back there in 1933? or thereabout, when the word "relief", waa only mujabled with downcast eyes, a eousin of sorts
to the Red Cross or its earlier antecedent, "going on the eounty." Eastern Montana was in for hardships all right, with dry years succeeded by dryer ones, dust stoics, lowered priees and all. While most of us piled up mortgage upon mortgage, kept our worn-out shoe soles firmly on the floor, and saved the sugar for Sunday company, we watched with shocked amazement the ease with which publi® aid was being condoned by many hitherto proud neighbors.
Sitting in the car across from the store room one "commodity day", I watched the long line of citizens waiting to receive their allot¬ ments of surplus commodities. Many were people I had known all my life. Some were of a class which had been considered far more suc¬ cessful than my own. No doubt many of them needed the fruit and